AP Spanish Summer Assignments
Summer 2017
Señora Amanda Reglas
¡Felicitaciones! I am glad that you have chosen to continue your study of Spanish through the AP level. This will help
you to be as well prepared as possible for Spanish courses when you enroll in college.
The AP Spanish Language Exam (May 2017) is designed to test your skills in order to see how well they compare to
abilities found in a third year college class. The exam will test all of the major language skills: reading comprehension,
writing skills, speaking ability and listening comprehension, in addition to general cultural knowledge of the Hispanic
world. Therefore, you will need to continue your practice in your skill areas this summer.
These assignments will not take too much time each week, but the work should be spread out throughout the summer
rather than trying to cram everything into a few days. Cramming does not work with a language! I understand that you
may have vacations planned or other activities that may inhibit your ability to submit your assignments at the exact
same time each week. If this is the case for you, I encourage you to work ahead and submit your assignments early.
Credit will be deducted for late submissions.
Students are required to abide by an honor code that forbids them from cheating, lying and stealing, both within the
academic world and as members of the general society. I expect this commitment from you. What this means is that
you are expected to complete all assignments on your own, without consulting native-speakers or translation devices
of any kind. Your work should represent what you are capable of doing using as resources your mind, grammar books or
notes and a dictionary. Translation devices are prohibited at all times. Anyone found in violation of these policies will
be subjected to loss of credit for the assignment and/or disciplinary action.
Assignment #1: Familiarize yourself with the exam (one time and done assignment!)
Become familiar with everything that is published on the AP website about this exam. The test changes periodically, so
try to find out specifically about the 2014 exam (the last year the exam format was changed).
https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-spanish-language/about-the-exam?spanlang
Look at the tips that the College Board suggests for you:
https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-spanish-language/exam-tips
After you have read through everything, write a short summary (+/-100 words) in Spanish of what you have learned
about the exam. Include some ideas of how you will be able to best study over the course of the year. You can also
include your hopes (subjuntivo!), plans, areas of concern, etc.
Email your summary to Sra. Reglas ([email protected]/[email protected]) or share via Office 365 by Friday, May
26th.
Assignment #2: Reading practice (weekly for 10 weeks of summer)
Reading is an important part of the AP Spanish exam. To strengthen your Spanish reading comprehension and writing
skills, you will read and summarize 10 news articles in Spanish. You will also document new words you learn and use
those words in original sentences. Use the attached form to record the articles you have read and write your
summaries.
You may find news articles at these websites:
BBC Mundo www.bbcmundo.com
El País (España) www.elpais.com
Univisión www.univision.com
Centro de Noticias ONU http://www.un.org/spanish/News
El Universal (México) http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/noticias.html
Yahoo en español http://espanol.news.yahoo.com/
Prensa Escrita (a listing of newspapers from throughout the Spanish-Speaking world) http://www.prensaescrita.com/
Veinte Mundos: http://www.veintemundos.com/en/
One article summary should be sent via e-mail to Sra. Reglas ([email protected]/[email protected] ) or shared via
Office 365 each week. Summaries are due by 11:59 pm on Saturday. The first due date is Saturday, May 27th and the
last is Saturday, July 29th.
Assignment #3: Listening practice (weekly for 10 weeks of summer)
You will need to spend at least five hours listening to authentic Spanish this summer, in 30 minute increments. You may
listen to the radio, CDs, streaming radio, podcasts or TV/movies. You will document the web page, radio name, etc. You
will want to vary the type of material you listen to. Find something that interests you. At the beginning it may be hard
to understand the first time, so you may listen to it more than once, take notes, etc. Use the attached listening log for
each activity.
You may find some interesting items on these websites:
www.notesinspanish.com
www.rtve.es/ree/
http://broadcast-live.com/television/spanish.html
http://www.vmetv.com/
http://www.20minutos.es/
http://radioambulante.org/
http://www.bbc.com/mundo/institucional/2011/03/000000_podcast_gel.shtml
Listening logs should be sent via e-mail to Sra. Reglas ([email protected]/ [email protected] ) or shared via Office
365 each week. Summaries are due by 11:59 pm on Saturday. The first due date is Saturday, May 27th and the last is
Saturday, July 29th.
Assignment #4: Writing practice (weekly for 10 weeks of summer)
You will be required to write 10 journal entries of approximately 100 words on topics of your choice. These can be
about your family, favorite TV show or movie, a vacation that you take, etc. Be careful not to translate directly from
English to Spanish, nor use any online translation service, as points will be deducted or you may not receive a score for
that entry.
Journal entries should be sent via e-mail to Sra. Reglas ([email protected]/ [email protected] ) or shared via Office
365 each week. Summaries are due by 11:59pm on Saturday. The first due date is Saturday, May 27th and the last is
Saturday, July 29th.
**Please submit weekly assignments 2, 3 and 4 together in one e-mail or shared document
weekly prior to 11:59pm each Saurday**
Optional: Grammar review
You will help yourself immensely if you review and refine your grammar skills prior to the beginning of the school
year.
Specific topics include:
Present tense
Preterit tense
Imperfect tense
Present perfect/Pluperfect
Ser vs. Estar
Progressive Tenses
Present Subjunctive
Present Perfect Subjunctive
Imperfect Subjunctive
Pluperfect Subjunctive
Commands
Future
Conditional tense
Por vs. Para
These sites are good for general grammar practice:
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/index.php
http://www.quia.com
http://www.conjuguemos.com
http://www.bowdoin.edu/~eyepes/newgr/ats/
Also, this site has a wealth of links that will help you with you Spanish studies:
http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/enlacesutiles1
Feel free to utilize any of the links on this site while completing your AP Spanish Summer assignments.
AP Spanish Language News Article Record Sheet
Please complete the following information in Spanish.
Título del artículo ______________________________________________________________________
Autor _______________________________
Fecha _________________________________
Nombre del periódico o sitio web _________________________________________________________
Parte I. Escribe 10 palabras nuevas que leíste en el artículo y sus traducciones al inglés.
1. ______________________________
6. ____________________________________
2. ______________________________
7. ____________________________________
3. ______________________________
8. ____________________________________
4. ______________________________
9. ____________________________________
5. ______________________________
10. ___________________________________
Parte II. Escribe 5 frases originales usando 5 de las palabras nuevas que leíste en el artículo.
1.
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2. ______________________________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________________________________________
Parte III. Escribe un resumen del artículo (extensión mínima 60 palabras.)
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AP Spanish Listening Log
Fecha __________________
Seleccionar 1: TV
Radio
Podcast
Otro __________________
Canal/Emisora ___________________________________________
Nombre del programa _____________________________________
Resumen/Comentarios (por lo menos 60 palabras)
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Diario/Journal
Fecha/Date _________________
Tiempo/Weather__________________________________________________
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Querido Diario,
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